Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is the new chairman of the Republican organization that has given her thousands of dollars in free trips over the last four years. here
Call Senator Nelson: (202) 224-5274 and Senator Rubio: (202)-224-3041 today and tell them to support the USA Freedom Act, which will be voted on Tuesday night. Remember to call during regular business hours of 9AM-6PM EST so that you can be sure to speak with someone in the office. info
Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant and her allies want you to forget all about those losses nine days ago and focus on the leadership race for the Democratic House Caucus. But is this really a true concern, or a diversion to keep the attention off of the failures of the Florida Democratic Party? here
Community activists with Everglades Earth First! have halted what they call Kolter Development’s “illegal” construction in Palm Beach Gardens’ Briger Forest. A disabled vehicle is sitting in the road at the construction entrance to the site and two people have locked their bodies to it. here
They are allowing the billionaire class to
spend unlimited amounts in elections, and to elect candidates who protect the
interests of the 1% while opposing the needs of everyone else. here
Today’s conservative court, in 5-4 votes, embraces corruption. That has to stop
or this country will rapidly evolve into an oligarchic form of society where
virtually all power rests in a handful of wealthy hands.
The investigation found Bondi flitting around the globe — at posh resorts in Hawaii, California and all sorts of places other than the state she was elected to serve. Gift records examined by The Associated Press found that Bondi had taken more than $51,000 worth of free trips, meals and hotel stays — much of it thanks to corporations that funneled money through the Republican Attorneys General Association.here
The lobbyists got their way. One of the attorneys lobbying Bondi represented online travel companies that were trying to avoid paying certain taxes in Florida. Bondi's predecessor, Bill McCollum, had sued the companies, trying to get the money. But Bondi dropped the matter, saying it wasn't something her office needed to pursue.
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Florida hospitals treating the state’s large uninsured population face losing billions of dollars in federal funding if state lawmakers continue to refuse expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). here
Consider, right now in America, corporate profits are at record highs, the country’s adding 200,000 jobs per month, unemployment is below 6%, U.S. gross national product growth is the best of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries The stock market is near record highs, gasoline prices are falling, there’s no inflation, interest rates are the lowest in 30 years, U.S. oil imports are declining, U.S. oil production is rapidly increasing, the deficit is rapidly declining, and the wealthy are still making astonishing amounts of money.here
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In an email sent to voters yesterday she asks them to fill out a form to send a stern message to officials in Hillsborough County. “Let your Hillsborough County elected officials know that it’s still “NO” on having an 8% sales tax in Hillsborough County,” Calvert wrote. here
We ask that you do the opposite, tell the Hillsborough County Commission that you want a referendum on the 2016 ballot. Join the discussion at 6:30 p.m. November 19 at Holy Hog in Downtown Tampa to talk about how to move Hillsborough forward despite early opposition.
Among those on the high-profile host committee is Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, Columbia Restaurant Group President Richard Gonzmart, Tampa preservationist Del Acosta, Ambassador David A. Straz Jr. and former gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink.info
If you care about the future of this country, join us for a rally and meeting
to ask Representative Kathy Castor to pledge to vote no on Fast Track for the
egregious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and all other trade bills that should
be debated under the regular legislative process. Fast Track would allow the
President to circumvent our Constitution which states "Congress shall make all
laws respecting trade." Fast Track would allow very little debate on the TPP,
which has been negotiated in total secret, and attacks labor, the environment,
and affordable medicines, among other targets.
Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida, after taking a free ride on a chartered jet last year to a resort island far from her home state, made an unusual offer to one of the corporate lawyers from Washington who helped foot the bill: an invitation to stay at her Tampa home while recuperating from surgery.
#1 – Increasing the minimum wage within the City of Tampa to $15 an hour
#2 – Decriminalizing marijuana in Tampa
#3 – Police Accountability Measures – A) All officers of the TPD would be required to wear front facing cameras while on duty and turning them off would result in disciplinary actions.